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General information Core i7-3960X Xeon L3426
Launched Q4 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Server
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1156
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 1.9 GHz 42.4 %
Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 17.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 45 W 65.4 %
Performance Core i7-3960X Xeon L3426
Overall Score 48276 0 % 35972 25.5 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 17 % 37 %
Benchmark Score 5431 0 % 1674 69.2 %
Single Thread Score 1798.8 0 % 1158.8 35.6 %
Encrypting Data 2555.3 MB/s 33.4 % 3835.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 136.8 MB/s 0 % 56.1 MB/s 59 %
String objects sorting 20942 thousand/s 0 % 8021 thousand/s 61.7 %
Prime numbers generation 41.6 millions/s 0 % 24 millions/s 42.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 33089.8 millions/s 0 % 14437.8 millions/s 56.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12249.5 millions/s 0 % 6142.3 millions/s 49.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3960X, Xeon L3426.

Average frames per second Core i7-3960X Xeon L3426
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 98.1 FPS 61.6 FPS
High settings 156.9 FPS 98.5 FPS
Medium settings 196.2 FPS 123.1 FPS
Low settings 245.2 FPS 153.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-3960X Xeon L3426
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 114.0 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 182.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 227.9 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 284.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 16 %
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